The City of Santa Ana has begun its application process for those interested in opening a medical marijuana collective in town, after residents voted Nov. 4 to legalize and tax medical marijuana shops, according to the O.C. Register.

Fees associated with the process include $1,690 for the registration application and $12,086 for the regulatory safety permit. If you are lucky enough to win the City’s marijuana dispensary lottery you will essentially have a license to print money.

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Kandice Hawes, of OC Norml, told the Voice of OC that the group that campaigned for Measure CC is now considering legal options including suing the city, and starting a re-call of council member Vince Sarmiento and Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero.

Apparently someone has been soliciting campaign contributions from certain Santa Ana medial marijuana collectives for the City of Santa Ana’s flawed and fraudulent Measure BB, and implying that this will help them to get a conditional use permit in Santa Ana – but only if the City’s badly written Measure BB is wins on Nov. 4, according to OC NORML.

There are several reasons why this is not a good idea:

The City’s Measure BB is badly written and will be litigated immediately.

Any medical marijuana that rolls over for the City of Santa Ana’s blatant extortion campaign will be scrutinized by the media as this arrangement with the City of Santa Ana is blatantly corrupt.

You simply cannot trust the City of Santa Ana! How many times have they burned local businesses and residents! Even now they are trying to pass a Utility Tax Increase, Measure AA, that is masquerading as a tax decrease!